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New line of RIDGID Wet/Dry vacs

12-23-2008, 03:42 PM

I was in HD today and saw the new line of RIDGID Wet/Dry vacs.
I noticed not one of them has a feature to automatically start/stop with a power tool like a sander or router or whatever tool you might want to collect sawdust and chips from. PC has a vac like this, so does Fien and Festool and probably others, WHY NOT RIDGID???

I noticed that many now have 20 foot cords, that's great.

I say upgrade the cord to 12 gauge so it can handle a powertool and the vac; and add a single outlet on the tool along with a 3 position switch to turn auto-start On|Off|Delayed Off.

On would start/stop the vac with the tool

Off would still power the tool but starting and stopping the vac would be manual.

Make the Delayed Off position time about 5 seconds TDDO (time delay drop out) before shutting the vac down. This will give it a chance to clear the hose of chips.

I think adding this option would be a big selling feature on top of the already great line of Emerson W/D Vacs.

Here's the new "Smart Cart" W/D vac for those who have not seen it yet.

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Just what will these vacs suck up in the way a dirty water would it suck up dirty water from a rain water sump pit so as to get the left over water out of the sump that a sump pump carn`t clear and then manually clear the dirt by hand.

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I would not be a service plumber without a wet/dry vac. I can vacuum the urine out of a backed up urinal before I work on it.

Who gets to decon the vac?

"When we build let us think we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work that our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone upon stone, that a time is to come when these stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, "See! This our fathers did for us."
John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

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Nice Machine. It has sooooooo many uses! Not just Urinals
I use mine for vacuuming the DOGS before they come in the house at night. No, not every night - but when they are in their shedding cycle - I do. It took me a few times to train them to it - but now they stand in line for thier "brush and suck." Couldn't live without my Shop Vac!

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Sawdust is starting to be a problem in my garage workshop now, and I was looking at getting a wet/dry vacuum for clean up, and hopefully prevent my tools from spewing it everywhere if possible. How big and/or powerful of a vacuum would I need for my small workshop? The only other task I'd like it to make sure it is capable of is 15% water change for my 55 gal. aquarium.

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Sawdust is starting to be a problem in my garage workshop now, and I was looking at getting a wet/dry vacuum for clean up, and hopefully prevent my tools from spewing it everywhere if possible. How big and/or powerful of a vacuum would I need for my small workshop? The only other task I'd like it to make sure it is capable of is 15% water change for my 55 gal. aquarium.

For the aquarium just use a couple 5 Gal buckets and a siphon hose.

For a w/d vac in the shop, a separator placed before the intake will catch a significant portion of chips and larger dust particles.

"When we build let us think we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work that our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone upon stone, that a time is to come when these stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, "See! This our fathers did for us."
John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

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I was in HD today and saw the new line of RIDGID Wet/Dry vacs.
I noticed not one of them has a feature to automatically start/stop with a power tool like a sander or router or whatever tool you might want to collect sawdust and chips from. PC has a vac like this, so does Fien and Festool and probably others, WHY NOT RIDGID???

I noticed that many now have 20 foot cords, that's great.

I say upgrade the cord to 12 gauge so it can handle a powertool and the vac; and add a single outlet on the tool along with a 3 position switch to turn auto-start On|Off|Delayed Off.

On would start/stop the vac with the tool

Off would still power the tool but starting and stopping the vac would be manual.

Make the Delayed Off position time about 5 seconds TDDO (time delay drop out) before shutting the vac down. This will give it a chance to clear the hose of chips.

I think adding this option would be a big selling feature on top of the already great line of Emerson W/D Vacs.

Here's the new "Smart Cart" W/D vac for those who have not seen it yet.

Bob D. That is a great idea, but compare the prices of those vacs you mentioned to the Ridgid Vacs. Those vacs are very expensive. Secondly, household vacs are rated at 12 amps maximum. That tends to limit using larger tools with the vacuum. You will not find a UL approved household vacuum that is rated over 12 amps. Shop-Vac does have a model with an outlet on it. But let's say if you use a tool that draws 5 amps, then the vacuum is limited to only 7 amps thus reducing it's power.

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I could not live w/o my shopvac! Not only are they good for sucking urinals, dog hair, and workshop dirt and dust, but they are also great for sucking the pee out of your new carpet when your kid decides that it would be fun to take off her diaper.

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